EKIDEN RUN PUTRAJAYA 2012 : #GENGKAKILARI 1 & #GENGKAKILARI 2 DID IT!!

27 MAY 2012

First time join Ekiden Run di Putrajaya untuk tahun 2012.Ekiden Run ni macam lari berganti ganti (road relay)..satu team 5 orang dan jarak perjalanan adalah 15 KM satu team..aku join Gengkakilari punya team..in fact Gengkakilari hantar dua Team, #Gengkakilari 1 dan #Gengkakilari 2.Seawal jam 6.30am kena ada di Palace of Justice Putrajaya.Tempat berkumpul sebelum race dimulakan.nak tahu pasal Ekiden punya History?ada kat bawah gambar ni penerangan berjela jela..

The term originated in Japan, although the concept of a long distance relay race is not unique to any country. The first ekiden race was sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1917, and was run over three days between the old Japanese capital of Kyoto and the modern capital of Tokyo, a distance of 508 km, to celebrate the anniversary of the moving of the capital to Tokyo.

As written in Japanese, Ekiden combines the characters for "station" (駅) and "transmit" (伝). This name was coined by the poet Toki Zemmaro (1885–1980), who was head of the Yomiuri Shimbun's Social Affairs Department at the time. The original concept of the race hearkens back to Japan's old Tōkaidō communication and transportation system in which stations were posted at intervals along the road. In the race, each runner on a team runs the distance from one "station" to the next, and then hands off a cloth sash, or tasuki, to the next runner.

The lengths of ekiden in Japan can vary greatly, as can the number of runners on a team. For example, in the national junior high ekiden championship, 5 girls cover 12 kilometers and 6 boys cover 18 kilometers. The national high school championship involves 5 girls in a 21 kilometer race and 7 boys in 42.195 kilometer race. In the national inter-prefecture championships, 9 women run 42.195 kilometers and 7 men run 48 kilometers. For the collegiate Hakone Ekiden, a 2 day event, 10 male athletes for each team run 219 kilometers. Each runner covers just over a half marathon. The mid-December National Corporate Women's Ekiden Championships, 6 runners cover 42.195 kilometers. In the January 1 National Corporate Men's Ekiden Championships, 7 runners cover 100.0 kilometers. For the mid January national open championships (teams composed of selected junior high, high school and open athletes), the distances are 42.195 for the women and 48.0 for the men. Read more detail at Japan Running News.

Sampai di tempat permulaan keadaan jadi agak kelam kabut sikit sebab aku lewat sampai..so masing masing dah nak kena bergerak ke Checkpoint memasing..ada 5 orang peserta satu team.tiap peserta di wakili huruf A,B,C,D dan E..Tak tahu dah apa penerangan yang diberi terus aku gerak cari Checkpoint D sebab aku runner keempat.

Petugas bawak bendera untuk kesenangan peserta

so aku follow orang bawak bendera ni

Setiap peserta kecuali peserta A akan dibawa ke Checkpoint masing masing menaiki bas..banyak jugak bas yang disediakan.so tak perlu nak berebut rebut ya.bila dah naik bas lama jugak time menunggu..takpaa lah.janji aku tak lewat dan terlepas bas sudah lah.

Tempat berkumpul peserta D.petugas memberikan sedikit penerangan

Lama jugak menunggu di sini..dekat dua jam..ramai jugak peserta yang menyertai this event.ada berbagai kataegori.Mixed, men open, junior dn beberapa kategori lagi.bebudak pun ramai aku tengok..mesti wakil sekolah masing masing.

Terjumpa Zul.dia kategori Mixed.Peserta D untuk groupnya.

Mula mula aku rasa macam tak ke kelam kabut nanti bila peserta sampai ramai ramai nak pass tali..tapi rupanya memang organised sebab peserta bukan sampai sekali sama sama..one by one.so setiap peserta yang sampai petugas akan sebut nombor giliran so peserta group masing masing akan standby..ada satu tali akan di passkan..kena bawak tali tu sampai ke hujung garisan lah..tetiba aku dengar nombor group aku dipanggil.dan terus standby ambik tali dari Faiz dannnn Run Forrest runnnnnnnnnn..mula mula pecut lah pastu terus maintain pace berlari tanpa henti..3km jer pun..takdelah jauh sangat.cuma aku tak gemar sebab panas..Route aku paling jauh antar akami berlima.3.3km within 15.30 minit..

Habis giliran aku terus ambik air dan makanan..pancit weh..masa dekat nak sampai aku pecut jugak dan pass tali kat Zarul..dia peserta akhir..Then aku terus naik bas untuk ke tempat permulaan race..terserempak ngan Faiz tengah jalan..Putrajaya tengah sibuk masa ni sebab ada himpunan Jutaan Belia.hari ni hari last.

Ni team #Gengkakilari 1..depa dapat Top 45 dalam kategori Mixed.Tahniah!!!

Team #Gengkakilari 2.kami dapat TOP 50 dalam kategori men Open.Congrats!!!

Finisher Medal untuk Top 100 sahaja..and our group did it!!Alhamdulillah..

Entah bila nak dapat trophy.heeeeheee

Berehat di depan Palace Of Justice

Kak Tie pun join jugak Ekiden Putrajaya ni.dengan geng geng Opis dia..Group diorang dapat Lucky Number 100!memang medal dan sijil disediakan sampai TOP 100..mula mula Organizer kata sampai Top 80.Kak tie fight balik then bila diorang discuss memang Finisher Medal untuk TOP 100.Congratulations kak Tie and her team!we fight till the end ya!

Sebeleum prize Giving ceremony di adakan ternampak Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Dato' Ahmad Shabery Cheekbawah khemah VIP..terus lah aku dan Kak Tie bertegur sapa..Then ajak  team Gengkakilari bergambar sama sama.heheee..Good job guys!see you guys again in our next event!insya Allah akan buat LSD sama sama sebelum Standard Chartered KL Maraton June nanti.never stop running ya!!

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